Clothes-pin.



J. A. BRADLEY.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 19M

THE NORRIS PETERS Cu.. PHOTOLITHO. wAsfiING OM' 'JAGOB A. BRADLEY, OF WABENO, WISCONSIN.

CLOTHES-PIN.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAooB A. BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Wabeno, in the county of Forest and State of l/Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins; and I" do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is herein particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims of this specification, its object being to provide simple, economical and effi cient spring-wire clothes-pins designed to be strung on clothes-lines.

'Figure 1 of the drawings represents a side elevation of a spring-wire clothespin in accordance with my invention and illustrates the application of the pin to a clothesline and material hung thereon; Fig. 2, a sectional view on the plane indicated by line 2-2 in Fig. l, and Fig. 3, a similar view on the plane indicated by line 33 in said Fig. 1.

Referring by numerals to the drawings my clothespin consists of a single non-corrosive spring-wire bent and twisted to form an eyeshank 4, parallel circular loops 5 and fingers 6 crossing the loops in opposite directions. Each finger embodies two stretches of the wire that is recurved in the fashioning of said finger to an approximately triangular shape as shown in Fig. 1, the ends of said wire being laid close against the opposing stretch thereof. The fingers are preferably dished to normally bear against the opposing circular loops 5 of the wire beyond which they extend.

Caught in the eyeof the shank at of the clothespin is one eye-end 7 of a single suitably bent wire hanger, the other eye-end 8 of the hanger being for the engagement of a clothesline 9. The wire of the hanger is crossed to form the eye 7 and the remain- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 21, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914. Serial No. 780,115.

der of said wire bent to form parallel loops constituting the eye 8.

In practice the hangers of a series of clothespins similar to the one above specified are strung on a clothesline to be convenient to the person hanging clothes thereon, and material 10 hung on the line is gripped between a loop 5 and finger 6 of a pin that is forced into working position, the point of said finger being flaring beyond said loop to facilitate the operation.

A hanger in connection with the clothespin is convenient for the purpose specified but it may be omitted or not employed on a clothesline without departure from my invention as herein claimed for said pin.

I claim:

1. A clothespin consisting of a springwire bent and twisted to form a shank, parallel circular loops and fingers crossing the loops in opposite directions, each finger embodying two stretches of the wire that is recurved to fashion said finger in which an end of said wire is laid close against an opposing stretch of the same.

2. A clothespin consisting of a springwire bent and twisted to form a shank, parallel circular loops and fingers crossing the loops in opposite directions, said fingers be- JOHN G. HARTER, M. O. BOCKAM.

Genie: of this patent mv be attained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

